BOJ divided on rate hike timing

Insights and Key Takeaways The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is concluding a two-day policy meeting this Thursday. This review follows a recent election loss for Japans ...
The Bank of Japan decided to keep its policy interest rate steady at 0.25%, according to an official statement on Thursday. The Japanese economy is likely to keep growing at a pace above its ...
(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan policymaker said Wednesday that the central bank should pursue interest rate hikes at a "very moderate" pace, even as it continues to seek a shift ...
The Bank of Japan will wrap up its monetary policy meeting on Thursday and then announce its decision on interest rates, setting the ...
Uncertainty about an interest-rate level that would neither restrain nor stimulate the economy makes it difficult to judge how large future rises in borrowing costs will be, Bank of Japan Gov.
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates at a "very moderate" pace and avoid prematurely hiking, its policymaker Seiji Adachi said on Wednesday, warning that further yen rises and slowing ...
The yen last week sank below ¥150 to the US dollar, and has lost about 5 per cent over the past month as investors bet on a slower pace of interest rate rises from the Bank of Japan, at a time ...
An exit by the Bank of ... the nominal rate less inflation - likely to stay subzero. “If, at the same time, wage growth can overtake the rate of inflation,” he said. “Japan may find itself ...
Uncertainty about an interest-rate level that would neither restrain nor stimulate the economy makes it difficult to judge how large future rises in borrowing costs will be, Bank of Japan Gov.
One of Japan’s biggest regional banks is keen to resume buying the nation’s bonds as interest rates creep higher, adding to a ...